§ MAJOR O'BEIRNEasked the Chief Secretary for Ireland, If the attention of the Inspector General of Constabulary has been called to the case of sub-constable Joyce, of county Sligo, as reported in an article of the "Freeman's Journal" of the 1st of April, wherein it is stated that sub-constable Joyce was fined seven shillings for being absent from parade on the morning of the 7th of March, through illness brought on by exposure to the inclemency of the weather, in the discharge of his duty on the 6th of March; and, are the facts correctly stated in that article, and have the members of the Royal Irish Constabulary the right of appeal to superior authority; and, if so, why it was not exercised in this instance?
§ MR. J. LOWTHERSir, it appears that in this case the constable alluded to failed to make a report of his illness in accordance with the prescribed forms. As to an appeal, there exists in all cases a right of appeal to the Inspector General, of which, however, the constable did not avail himself, and, moreover, appears to have signed a return stating that he had no complaint to make.